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Ping Pong

This show is the selected drama by NRTA

in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the PRC,

and was funded under the 2019 Art Creation of Hubei.

Episode 18

This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

Cai Wei.

Hello.

Hello.

The signal is gone again.

Which one?

Little Sister.

Which one?

You've probably heard of it.

The ITTF

has changed the rules of a team match.

From now on,

individual players

must play doubles.

Since they've changed the rules,

we can no longer

focus merely on singles or doubles training.

We need to do both at the same time.

Our main players

need to be fully developed.

Also, in a team match,

one point is scored for singles.

Same goes for doubles.

And it's important to win points

in the third game.

Lately

the team has been analysing the techniques

of some of our main players.

Judging from the current situation,

we find

Ye Zhen Xin

the most suitable to play doubles.

The other players,

such as Leng Yi

and Ma Yu Yang.

They are not bad.

And the new member Fu Jing Chun.

His techniques are excellent.

The team are considering them, too.

Mr. Fu, I would like to recommend...

There's no hurry.

You all give it a thought.

And we will discuss it next time.

Oh yeah, Xia Ke is back to the team.

Don't leave him out

as one of the candidates.

All right.

That's all for today. Dismiss.

Qin Zhen.

You're now the coach of the first team.

You should take a stand.

It's time to eat.

-Mr. Zheng. -Yes?

Training Plan

Can we postpone the training plan for two days?

What are you saying?

Mr. Fu has named the candidates for doubles.

He said you're not bad.

You must perform well for the next few days.

Just take down the other candidates.

Don't bother yourself with the rest.

But I sprained my foot.

I'm not worried about others.

The thing is Xia Ke, who's one of the top national players,

is back.

If you want to fight against him,

you must work harder.

How about this?

Just soldier on.

After that,

I'll discuss it with the team doctor.

Okay.

Training Plan

Xu Tan.

How's the injury?

It's all right.

In that case, get on the stage, then.

Again?

Who is it this time?

Didn't you say you want to teach him a lesson?

I didn't.

How can I? No way.

Here.

Put them on.

Where's the hand target?

And the armour?

What hand target? What armour?

I should just get you a tank.

Look, he's not wearing anything.

Do you think you should?

Yes.

I surrender.

I got it.

Did you want to teach him a lesson like this?

I'm not a boxer.

I'm no match for him.

Mr. Fu.

Mr. Fu.

Mr. Zheng.

Ye Zhen Xin, national first team

Xia Ke, national first team

You're back.

Mr. Zheng.

He wasn't around when you joined the first team.

And he's back for training today.

Let him play with the new team members.

So that they can get to know each other.

Sure.

Fu Jing Chun.

Come here.

Both of you will have a game.

Fang Yue, Chao Yang, Nie Rui Feng

He's more explosive than Brother Ye.

Fu Jing Chun is already very good.

And it's been so long since Xia Ke trained.

The former can defeat the latter with the first three strokes.

Adjust your training plan.

Mr. Qin, did you just list down

the names of all first team members?

We're just the training partners.

What's wrong with being a training partner?

You shouldn't have said that.

Improve your mindset.

And they might be your training partners.

Learn from it.

What's wrong? Are you unhappy?

I've called him several times.

But he didn't pick them up.

I have no idea what he's up to.

Didn't you know it?

What?

Get over here.

I heard he'd gone to raise pigs.

Raise pigs?

Keep it down.

The water is here.

The water is here.

Hello.

Sister Wei, guess where I am.

Xia Jun.

Are you at a competition?

I'm at the airport.

I'm leaving for Singapore.

That's so soon.

I thought of travelling from Beijing and visiting you there.

But they're shorthanded.

So Mr. Ding asked me to go there earlier.

He said he'd come up with a training plan for me.

That he'd arranged some competition for me.

To be honest, I'm a bit scared.

Sister Wei, do you think I can do it?

Of course you can do it. How can't you?

Mr. Ding thinks you can do it.

Let me tell you.

Get the champion or I'll break up with you.

Stop imposing your standards on me.

Now I'm getting more nervous.

Sister Wei, I heard there're

some good newcomers in the team.

Do you feel pressured as the main player?

Who could pressure me? You must be kidding.

When Yu Ke Nan was in our team,

someone

was giving me face all the time.

All right, I'm hanging up.

I'm about to board the plane.

I'll contact you again once I've settled down there.

Bye-bye.

Okay.

Why are you still here?

Let me tell you.

People like you.

You're not welcome here.

You should leave.

No wonder Lei insisted me to visit you.

He's been asking me for days.

He couldn't stop worrying about you.

They're definitely giving you a hard time.

I'm telling you.

If they hit you again,

hit them back.

Forget about the rules.

Luckily Lei doesn't know about this.

Don't tell him.

I won't tell him.

If he finds out about it,

he'll be so upset.

Remember. Hit them back.

Look at how strong they are.

Their arms are twice as big as mine.

I'm no match for them.

Stop laughing.

How are you doing lately?

The usual.

I go to school every day.

I go home. And attend cram school.

Just these three places.

I don't know what's the point.

It's annoying.

Which uni do you want to go?

Capital Normal University.

Capital Normal University?

You need to score in order to make it there.

I just need one or two more marks.

One or two marks?

I remember the requirement

was 570-plus marks last year.

Yes.

I scored 57 marks for Mathematics last month.

I just need another mark.

You'd make a bad teacher.

I should've applied for it.

And I should've become a ping-pong player.

And you'd make a bad ping-pong player.

You're the best. That's why you got beaten up.

All right.

Is it yours?

You keep it first.

Take them as the motivational songs for you.

Return it to me once you've won against them.

Hey.

Who are you?

You're the newcomer, aren't you?

Yes.

I'm Mr. Liu's buddy.

I'm in the national boxing team.

And I stay near here.

When I can't sleep at night,

I'll come here to train.

You recognise this key, don't you?

Fine, go ahead and train.

Did I wake you up

with the heavy bag?

What?

It's okay. Go ahead and train.

It's okay. I'll switch to a noiseless training method.

Go ahead and get a rest.

I'll lock the door when I leave.

Okay.

Are you interested in boxing?

Well, I've been meaning to learn it. But no one is willing to teach me.

Go ahead.

Yes, lower your jaw a bit.

Lower. There needs to be a rhythm.

Rhythm.

Go ahead.

Very good.

I saw the way you boxed.

Although you're like other beginners,

your pace and defense are not bad indeed.

What do you do?

I'm in the second

national ping-pong team.

No wonder.

You've boxed for days.

What do you think is the difference between ping-pong and boxing?

They're vastly different.

One deals with balls.

And another one deals with humans.

Ping-pong is the national ball.

The pride of China.

But people

used to look down on us boxers.

They thought

we played with nothing but force.

But I really

like boxing.

It changed me.

I used to have a low self-esteem.

When I picked up boxing,

I started to change slowly.

Now, before a game,

I need to tell myself

that I'm the strongest one.

Because on the ring,

I'm the only one who have faith in myself.

No matter who it is,

no matter how big the gap between me and the opponent,

no matter how many times I'm knocked down,

I have to keep punching.

I need to keep going.

I'll beat you to death!

Why did you do that?

Will you do it again?

Will you do it again?

This pig was our valuable!

What have you done?

Well, I'll beat you to death!

Granny, what's got into you? Granny!

What's with you? Stop it!

You disobedient kid!

She's always been obedient.

Keep cool.

Ask her what she's done!

The pig has fallen sick.

Yes, the pig has fallen sick.

I came home this evening

to this sick pig.

What do we do?

Tell me, what do we do?

It's probably food poisoning.

Did they forget to

add the mold removing powder into the feed?

Brother, I'm going to clean the vegetable.

You just add a spoonful of mold removing powder into the barrel.

All right.

Granny, don't cry.

It's my fault.

I didn't feed the pig properly.

You...

What do we do?

What are you waiting for?

Lend our neighbour a hand.

We can't help them even if we want to.

Look at that pig.

It can't recover by simply taking some medicine.

The nearest veterinary station

is twenty-plus miles from here.

What can do we, then?

It's getting late. There's nothing we can do.

How can we pull through, my granddaughter?

Granny.

Open the door!

Anyone here?

Open the door! Save the pig!

Open the door! The pig is dying!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Don't blame me, then.

Come here.

Don't go there.

Come here.

Good.

All right.

You pig-stealer!

Who are you?

Who am I?

This pig is mine!

Who are you?

This pig...

What are you saying?

I'm the vet.

You're the vet?

I'm really sorry.

Luckily,

you found out early.

And I treated it before it's too late.

Don't let that happen again, okay?

Here.

Here.

Use the medicine according to this instruction.

Feed it along with the food.

It's for three days. Let me know if you need any help.

I can't thank you enough.

If it hadn't been for your grandson

who broke my door in the middle night

and dragged me all the way here,

I wouldn't have come here then.

What's with you?

Why couldn't you catch the ball?

I'm asking you a question.

When I tried to catch it,

I sprained my foot again.

Your foot is injured. But so is your hand?

You could've caught it without moving your feet.

Here.

Here.

3-0.

I just need another game to make it 4-0.

Among all your partners,

who's the most powerful one?

Let me tell you.

In the first team,

there are players

who are more powerful than others.

Yesterday,

I played with Brother Ye and Leng Yi.

Their techniques are top-notch.

And I'm playing with Xia Ke today.

Do you know

the fear of being dominated by the first three strokes?

Yes.

Fu Jing Chun is progressing so quickly.

When will we improve our skills?

Are you slacking off?

Mr. Qin.

I was just taking a break.

I'll get back to training at once.

Have you had enough rest?

Yes.

How are you coping up with being the training partners?

Having trained with them for days,

we feel that we've reached new heights.

We've even learned something new about being a training partner.

Now I feel all enlightened.

I was thinking of coaching you two

since I'm free today.

Since you've reached new heights,

we'll do it next time.

Mr. Qin.

I'd throw up if I keep being a training partner.

Mr. Qin.

Truth be told, I've thrown up.

Just tell us if you want to coach us.

Get the table ready.

You're something else.

When did you learn how to do a chop?

I don't know. I suddenly knew how to do it.

You suddenly knew how to do it?

You're very good at returning serves.

What are you doing?

You're good at licking each other's boots.

Just stop playing ignorant already.

You picked up those skills from your opponents, didn't you?

Liu Shi, come here.

It's a good chop.

But it's not the correct movement.

Exert force on the feet first, not the waist.

Got it?

Keep playing that way and you'll hurt your waist easily.

You must've picked up the movement from some other player.

Fatty.

Mr. Qin.

Your left hand

has advantages.

I know.

The ways you serve and return serves are of very high quality.

You should consider playing doubles.

It's more promising than playing singles.

Doubles.

Master.

I have no problem playing doubles.

But you need to guide me through it.

I'll buy you drink.

What do you think?

What are you saying?

Don't ask him to drink.

He's drunk all the time.

Master.

Both of us are close.

Please guide me through it.

Wait a second.

What are you saying?

You're only good at doing a chop.

What's the problem?

It's exactly because I'm good at doing a chop.

No, it takes more than chopping to play doubles.

How can you play it, then?

I can play it any way.

You see.

Three footballs.

Mr. Qin just...

Complete the diet and he'll coach you, okay?

What's wrong with me?

It's been a decent conversation. But now you...

Yes, your shoelace.

I'll tie it.

-Mr. Fu. -Mr. Fu.

Hello, Mr. Qin.

Hello.

♫ Hold the love ♫

♫ Let the hope bloom ♫

♫ Wave the wings ♫

♫ And draw a ray of light ♫

♫ Hold out your hands ♫

♫ And roar at the sky ♫

♫ The burning dream ♫

♫ Spread your wings and soar ♫

♫ Hold the love tight ♫

♫ Hold out a rainbow ♫

♫ Youthful passion ♫

♫ It's gorgeous and bright ♫

♫ Meet the wind ♫

Clean properly.

What are you staring at?

So what if I'm staring at you?

Lei Lei.

You've indeed improved a lot

since you switched to arts stream.

Even your class teacher mentioned

that you'd scored good marks

in English and Chinese.

But you're still weak in Mathematics.

Keep it up. Work harder.

Yes.

I'm going home.

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

Lei Lei.

You're off school?

Yes.

You've grown so tall.

I couldn't figure that out from the picture.

I always remember

what you looked like

when you were small.

Now you're already a young lady.

All these years,

you've been through a lot.

Not only did you have to take good care of yourself,

but also your dad.

Lei and I are doing quite well.

I don't know what you're into.

Since I'm back here,

I want to give you all the good stuff.

This is the latest model of MP3.

I heard it's not available here yet.

And there's this.

I don't know if you like it.

This is a moisturising skin-care product.

It maintains the oil and water balance.

Our school doesn't allow us to wear make-up

or jewelries.

It's okay, you can keep it for the future.

I've also gotten you a card.

You're already seventeen.

Don't be too hard on yourself.

I didn't mean it that way.

I came back

to discuss something with you.

Thank you for visiting me

with so many gifts.

But Lei and I are really doing quite well.

I'm not short of money. And I don't need any gifts.

Since you've abandoned us in the first place,

you should stop bothering us.

I...

I have homework to do.

I'll get going.

What's up?

I'm tired.

Tired?

Why are you tired?

The entrance exam is in few months.

I'm just tired.

How about this?

You can sleep on the floor.

And we'll clean this place together.

Isn't it a pretty good idea?

How are you coping up?

I...

Oh yeah. Finally, there's someone

to teach me how to box.

I've improved after picking up some moves.

And my arms have really become stronger.

Really?

Why would I lie to you?

They've been boxing for so many years.

I'm definitely

no match for them.

But if I have the chance,

I'll teach him a good lesson for sure.

All right.

If you need any help,

just tell me directly.

Sure, don't worry.

Don't put so much pressure on yourself.

After all, you are

always welcome to be a cleaner here.

Rest assured.

Rest assured.

Okay, I'm hanging up.

I'm hanging up, bye-bye.

The black side on the inside.

The red one on the outside.

That's when you flip it.

Catch the ball.

Return it.

Return it.

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Here, eat up.

Luckily, the piglets were born healthy.

Indeed.

Brother, let's name the piglets.

Sure.

Look at the fattest one.

Let's name it...

Let's name it Fatty.

And the one next to it.

It looks silly.

Let's name it Liu Shi.

And the one with the longest trouts.

Let's name it Chun.

And the last one. The small one. Do you see it?

The one who doesn't get feed all the time.

Let's name it Xu Tan.

They're all named.

Let's name the big one, too.

What should we call it?

We'll call you

Teng Biao.

What a nice name.

It suits you so well.

Ping Pong Little Drama

Doubles

Doubles.

Doubles

refers to the event in which

two athletes from each team

take turns hitting the ball

according to the order prescribed.

A three-millimeter-wide white line

is drawn on the center of ping-pong table.

It's called center line.

Center Line

The table surface is divided equally into

left and right zones.

The right zones are service zones.

Service Zone

When serving a ball,

the ball must be on

one's service zone,

and then

the other's service zone.

If not,

the party serving the ball will lose a point.

The service party for the first game

must decide on

the first server.

And the party receiving the serve

can randomly decide on

the first catcher.

And according to the prescribed order,

they will take turns serving

and receiving.

For each game after it,

the party serving the ball first

can randomly decide on

the first server.

As for the party receiving the serve,

the corresponding server

from the last game

is in charge of

receiving the serve.

Ping Pong